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Does 'Leather' and 'Rather' Rhyme?
StingRay_FTW
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Just makin' a simple poll.
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Yes, they rhyme. It's called a slant rhyme.
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Feather
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Leather - Weather.
Rather - father
Leather & Rather don't rhyme.
Rather - father
Leather & Rather don't rhyme.
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NO.
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No they do not rhyme...............
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No. Leather is -ɛðə(ɹ) and rather is -æðə(ɹ).
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Bloody nerd
For my accent, leather has a short "eh" sound and rather has a long "AR" sound.
For my accent, leather has a short "eh" sound and rather has a long "AR" sound.
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Of course, and to say it doesn't "rhyme" is a bit of an eehh because rappers will rhyme things that don't even end in the same syllables, so it's a bit of an odd question. In American/Canadian English, the pronunciations of the syllables are very similar, if not identical.
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I am Canadian and I say "leather" as "leh-thur" and "rather" as "rah-thur".
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Leather = ˈlɛðə/
Rather = ˈrɑːðə/
(I'm gonna pretend I know what that means)
They are half rhymes at the very most. Although leather has better actual rhymes such as feather, tether, weather etc.
Rather = ˈrɑːðə/
(I'm gonna pretend I know what that means)
They are half rhymes at the very most. Although leather has better actual rhymes such as feather, tether, weather etc.
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Close enough if you ask me... I could imagine hearing it in a song and letting it fly.
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That makes as much sense to me as saying "scar" and "care" rhyme.
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They don't, leather is Eh-ther and rather is Ah-ther.
If you force the rhyme, it becomes lather, an actual word, and/or rether, which, I guess I can kind of see how "rether" works.
But traditionally they don't.
If you force the rhyme, it becomes lather, an actual word, and/or rether, which, I guess I can kind of see how "rether" works.
But traditionally they don't.
